Will adding C130 to jet tender help clinch the deal?

Yesterday General Tom Walters from the Defense Cooperation Agency of the U.S. State Department presented an offer for the sale of six used C130 Hercules aircraft to Deputy Defense Minister Janusz Zemke. The offer is all the more attractive as the planes can be bought using the same loan granted by the U.S. Congress for the purchase of F-16 aircraft, providing that the cost of 48 F-16 does not exceed the height of the loan, which is $3.8 billion. According to Zycie, it is almost definite that the F-16's will be cheaper than this. The offer comes as one of the elements of the fight for the contract to supply the Polish military with 48 multi-purpose jets. Will this latest and attractive offer help the Americans win the bid? (Zycie, p. 1, 3) P.W.